"The Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee des Deux Sœurs is brilliant." - Robert Parker. With an intense and profound colour, this medium to full-bodied wine offers an elegant nose of red berries, cherries and spices. The palate is nicely structured, well balanced, with a long finish and subtle well-integrated tannins. It is the flagship Châteauneuf-du-Pape on which the domain has built its prestigious reputation - and at £23 a bottle, it clearly represents one of the very best values of the appellation. Highly recommended by Your Sommelier.

"The Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee des Deux Sœurs is brilliant." - Robert Parker. With an intense and profound colour, this medium to full-bodied wine offers an elegant nose of red berries, cherries and spices. The palate is nicely structured, well balanced, with a long finish and subtle well-integrated tannins. It is the flagship Châteauneuf-du-Pape on which the domain has built its prestigious reputation - and at £23 a bottle, it clearly represents one of the very best values of the appellation. Highly recommended by Your Sommelier.

Wine Characteristics

When & how to drink?

Producer

Vintage

Appellation

Region

Type

Grape

Domaine Tour Saint Michel

2012

Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Rhône Valley

Dry red wine

90% Grenache

10% Syrah

Drink

Open

Serve

Food

from now to 2022

2 hours before, ideally decanted

16-18°C

Lamb shoulder, venison

Body

Technical stuff

Complexity

Soil

Vineyard

Harvest

Alcohol

Ageing

Rocks, gravel, pebbles and loam

34 hectares

Manual

15%

12 months in concrete tanks

Fruit

What experts say

17/20 "Vineyard soil: galets. Grape varieties: 90% Grenache, 10% Syrah. Black cherry aromas and polished with good sugar/acid balance. Very sweet but not sickly. Still a little bit of tannin."

91/100 "The Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee des Deux Sœurs is brilliant. It is comprised of 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah, from the Gallimardes and Les Petites Serres lieux-dits, that was completely destemmed and aged 12 months all in concrete tank. It exhibits plenty of kirsch, toasted bread, caramelized meats and spice on the nose. Medium-bodied, supple, pure and elegant, with a finesse-driven style and pretty tannin, it is already upfront and approachable. I wouldn’t push the aging curve here and would opt for drinking bottles over the coming 4-5 years."

"This was a rock-star lineup by Mireille Porte, and these wines go from strength to strength across the lineup. Located in southern part of the appellation, she releases two classic cuvees, the Cuvee Des Deux Sœurs and the Cuvee du Lion, and a more modern-style cuvee called Feminessance. They’re all highly recommended."

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